St. Louis 5, Arizona 1
When: 1:15 PM ET, Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
65°
Umpires:
Home -
D.J. Reyburn, 1B -
Brennan Miller, 2B -
Brian O'Nora, 3B -
Paul Clemons
Attendance:
36390
By Field Level Media
Lars Nootbaar hit a two-run double to propel the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 5-1 on Wednesday afternoon.
After defeating the Cardinals 14-1 on Tuesday, the Diamondbacks left seven runners on base, went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and hit into three double plays.
Cardinals starting pitcher Kyle Gibson (2-2) allowed one run on five hits in six innings. He struck out six and walked two.
JoJo Romero, Andrew Kittredge and Ryan Helsley each pitched a scoreless relief inning for St. Louis.
Arizona starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery (1-1) allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits in seven innings. He struck out four and walked one.
The Diamondbacks took a 1-0 first-inning lead. Pavin Smith and Blaze Alexander hit singles and Gibson hit Joc Pederson with a pitch. After Christian Walker hit a sacrifice fly, Gibson got Eugenio Suarez to hit into an inning-ending double play.
Arizona threatened again in the second inning. Jake McCarthy hit a single and took second on a wild pitch, but Gibson retired the next three batters
Paul Goldschmidt led off the bottom of the inning with a double, but Montgomery retired the next three batters.
Gibson escaped a fourth-inning jam. Walker hit a leadoff single, Corbin Carroll drew a two-out walk, and the runners advanced on a wild pitch before Gibson struck out Kevin Newman.
The Diamondbacks threatened again in the fifth inning when Tucker Barnhart led off with a single and Smith walked. But again Gibson retired the next three batters.
The Cardinals moved ahead 2-1 in the sixth inning. Brendan Donovan's single, Willson Contreras' double, and Nolan Arenado's single led to one run -- and Montgomery's wild pitch produced another.
St. Louis increased its lead to 3-1 in the seventh inning when Masyn Winn reached on an error and scored on Nolan Gorman's hit-and-run single.
The Cardinals made it 5-1 in the eighth inning. Arenado walked, Goldschmidt hit a single, Pedro Pages walked and Nootbaar hit a two-run double.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Arizona
|
7 |
0 |
7 |
.233 |
19 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| St. Louis
|
9 |
0 |
12 |
.290 |
14 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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